The Old Folks Started It

[Verse 1]
Talk about melody from shore to shore
I tell you the strut sure is got to go

[Chorus]
The old folks started it, the young folks got it
Everybody's crazy about the darktown strut

[Verse 2]
'Tain't no use for you women to always be in a rut
Just walk up to your man and do your wicked strut

[Chorus]
The old folks started it, the young folks got it
Everybody's crazy about the darktown strut

[Verse 3]
A hundred dollar bill will make a broke man slobber
A women with a strut will make a good man holler

[Chorus]
The old folks started it, the young folks got it
Everybody's crazy about the darktown strut

[Verse 4]
Takes a greyhound to run it takes a round ball to roll
Takes a man with the strut to satisfy my soul

[Chorus]
The old folks started it, the young folks got it
Everybody's crazy about the darktown strut

[Verse 5]
Talk about your women wearing your strapless skirts
Your grandma does the strut in your grandpa's shirt

[Chorus]
The old folks started it, the young folks got it
Everybody's crazy about the darktown strut

[Verse 6]
Some of you men wearin' your stripe-ed hose
You done lost your strut many years ago

[Chorus]
The old folks started it, the young folks got it
Everybody's crazy about the darktown strut

[Verse 7]
Just as sure as a little fish can't live on dry land
A women with the strut can always get a man

[Chorus]
The old folks started it, the young folks got it
Everybody's crazy about the darktown strut